Yue Zhao

About me

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical Engineering Department at University of California, Los Angeles. My adviosr is Prof. Gregory J. Pottie. My research interests include optimization in communication networks and smart grid, multi-user information theory, and optimization theory and algorithms.

Publications

2011
  • Yue Zhao, Chee Wei Tan, A. Salman Avestimehr, Suhas N. Diggavi, and Gregory J. Pottie, "On the sum-capacity with successive decoding in interference channels," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. arxiv
  • Yue Zhao, Chee Wei Tan, A. Salman Avestimehr, Suhas N. Diggavi, and Gregory J. Pottie, "On the sum-capacity with successive decoding in interference channels," IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2011), accepted. pdf
2010
  • Yue Zhao and Gregory J. Pottie, "Interference Strength Alignment and Uplink Channel Allocation in Linear Cellular Networks," to appear in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011). pdf
  • Yue Zhao and Gregory J. Pottie, "Optimization of power and channel allocation using the deterministic channel model," Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA 2010), 1-5 Feb. 2010. pdf
2009
  • Yue Zhao and Gregory J. Pottie, "Optimal spectrum management in multiuser interference channels," IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2009), pp.2266-2270, June 28 – July 3, 2009. pdf
  • Yue Zhao and Gregory J. Pottie, "Optimal spectrum management in two-user symmetric interference channels," Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA 2009), pp.256-263, 8-13 Feb. 2009. pdf
2008
  • Yue Zhao and Gregory J. Pottie, "Optimal spectrum management in multiuser interference channels," submitted to Transactions on Information Theory, Dec. 2008. arxiv

Education

  • Sep. 2006 – Present, Ph.D., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles. GPA: 4.000/4.000
    M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sep. 2007. GPA: 4.000/4.000

  • Sep. 2002 – Jul. 2006, B.E., Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China. Major GPA: 93.0/100.

Experience

Visiting Researcher, Jun. 2010 - Sep. 2010, Dept. of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, hosted by Prof. Chee Wei Tan.

Research Assistant, Apr. 2007 - Present, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Advised by Prof. Gregory J. Pottie, researched on various topics in resource allocation optimization in large scale communication networks.

Assistant Instructor, Jan. 2008 - Jun. 2008, Apr. 2010 - Jun. 2010, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
EE230B, Digital Communication Systems, (Graduate level.)

Teaching Assistant, Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2009, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
EE131A, Probability; EE103, Applied Numerical Computing.

System Engineering Intern, Jun. 2008 - Sep. 2008, Corporate R&D Division, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego
UWB Ranging Performance Analysis & Algorithm Design.

Research Assistant, Mar. 2005 - Jul. 2006, Complex Engineered Systems Lab (CESL), Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Advised by Prof. Lin Zhang, designed embedded systems for wireless sensor networks in various applications (including infrastructure security monitoring for the Beijing National Stadium --- the "Bird's Nest")

Courses (taken at UCLA)

Spring 2010
  • MATH 218A: Probabilistic Method, by Prof. Benny Sudakov
Winter 2010
  • MATH 254A: Topics in Random Matrix Theory, by Prof. Terence Tao
Fall 2009
  • MATH 245A: Real Analysis, by Prof. John B. Garnett
Spring 2009
  • EE 236C: Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Systems, by Prof. Lieven Vandenberghe
  • EE 230C: Topics in MIMO Communications, by Prof. Ezio Biglieri
Spring 2008
  • MATH 167: Mathematical Game Theory, by Prof. Olga Radko
Winter 2008
  • EE 210A: Adaptive Filtering, by Prof. Ali H. Sayed
  • STATS 200B: Theoretical Statistics, by Prof. Yingnian Wu
Fall 2007
  • EE 205A: Matrix Analysis, by Prof. Alan J. Laub
Spring 2007
  • EE 231E: Channel Coding Theory, by Prof. Richard D. Wesel
  • EE 233B: Wireless Communication Systems, by Prof. Babak Daneshrad
Winter 2007
  • EE 230B: Digital Communication Systems, by Prof. Gregory J. Pottie
  • EE 231A: Information Theory, by Prof. Richard D. Wesel
  • EE 236B: Convex Optimization, by Prof. Lieven Vandenberghe
Fall 2006
  • EE 230A: Detection and Estimation, by Prof. Kung Yao
  • EE 232A: Discrete Stochastic Processes, by Dr. Flavio Lorenzelli
  • EE 236A: Linear Programming, by Prof. Lieven Vandenberghe

Miscellaneous

Hobbies
Bridge (Champion of 2005 Ma Yuehan cup, Tsinghua University) the Bridge Master software
Go (game) games database in Chinese
Classical music (KUSC playlist)
Basketball, CSSA Champion news 2007, CSSA Champion photos 2008
Swimming, Hiking

Contact

Department of Electrical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, 90095

yuezhao at ucla dot edu